Lawmakers should understand the value of high-quality services for inmates.

As critics assail a proposed tax break, others should look closely at its benefits.

Downeast Correctional Facility offered rehabilitation for inmates and jobs for the community.

The Los Angeles Times

City should show compassion when one of its families is torn apart.

Janet Mills interprets Maine law and the state constitution; she doesn’t give her personal opinion.

The spending bill shirks hard decisions, but some good could yet come out of it.

The Hartford Courant

A study of them specific to Maine will help, but keep the process transparent and skip the moratorium

A local group will bring a ordinance forward to ban plastic bags at large stores.